The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
DEMOCRATIC INSINcERITY.
An Address to the Republicans of
Virginia.

PETERSBURG, Va, August 22.-The Re-
publican State Committee has issued an ad-
dress to the people, charging the Democrats
of the State with insineerity in demanding the
repeal of the internal revenue system and
the passage of the Blair bill and at the same
time endorsing President Cleveland, who op-
poses both measures. The committee also
makes charges of insincerity in the demand
ing of the repeal of the internal revenue
system, while the Democratic National
platform of 1884 promised no repeal of the
system, but its continuance and the appro-
priation of the revenue to the payment of
pensions, and the Democratic majority in
the ALVlllth Congress, through Chairman
Morrison OF the ways and means committee
adversely reported the bill to reduce such
taxes, while the bill to repeal the tax on
tobacco was also reported adversely.
The address declares that in the XLVIIth
Congress, the only one for years in which
the Republicans had majority, the internal
revenue taxes were reduced $50,000,000 and
the tax on tobacco from 16 to 5 cents, and at
the moment the Republicans lost power they
were prepared to further reduce said taxes,
and If returned to power will remove the
burden which these domestic products have
so long endured. The address also charges
the Roanoke platform with inconsistency in
demanding revenue by tariff on imports,
whereas the entire record of the Democratic
party is for a reduction of the import tar
ifs TO virtual free trade.
The address charges the Democrats with
breaking their pledge not to disturb the set
tlement of the State debt made by the Re-
publicans, by which pledge they regained
power in 1888. 1t also charges Inconsistency
in advocating Federal aid to pay the State
debt, which was FIRST advocated by Mr..
Blaine in 1884 and is Republican doctrine.
agricultural interests, the address says that
Secretary Manning recommended to the
ALlXth Congress that corn, wheat hay and
other farm products be relieved of tariff
duties, and that tea and coffee be taxed as
Injuries. Cleveland endorsed this and the
Democratic party endorsed Cleveland.
Friendship which would bring the agricul-
tural products of the world in competition
with our own in the home market" says the
address, may prove costly to the farmers"
The Democratic assurances of friendship to
laboring men are timely" continues the ad-
dress, from party whose administration
indicted and prosecuted cooperative labor
while it has brought convict labor into
active competition with honest industries in
town and country and whose membership
is coordinate in many localities in this
State with the Law and Order League in
stituted In opposition to labor organiza-
tions."
The people of the State are warned to look
to the Republicans for legislation in favor of
American and State interests. The address
claims Republican majority of 10000 in the
State
The Democrats are called ON to explain
the Increase of 50, 100000 in the State debt,
the growing costs of State administration,
the disappearance without adequate results
OF various public funds, the stuffing of ballot
boxes and fraudulent counts in various
parts of the State. The address urges the
expulsion of Democrats from office as the
BLESSINGS of Democratic government
State and Federal upon the enjoyment of
which the Roanoke convention congratu
lated the people have MT materialized.